Birdwatcher, conservation scientist and mathematicianhttps://bsky.app/profile/hugepossum.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hugepossum.bsky.social/post/3max7otq5xk2rHow do you know whether or not your conservation monitoring program is helping you to deliver outcomes? We have made a checklist of 15 distinct reasons - some more directly connected to outcomes than others. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Dec 2025 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:yinx42ymobowaurtpl5stl2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3max7otq5xk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/hugepossum.bsky.social/post/3m6jcqqjl4k2q“Bold actions for a resilient future” is the theme of the #ESA2025 conference @ecolsocaus.bsky.social . At 10:30am I will give my talk in the session on “extreme weather” and provide the answer to the question - it is 6, if you can’t get there or have better places to be.26 Nov 2025 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:yinx42ymobowaurtpl5stl2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jcqqjl4k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/hugepossum.bsky.social/post/3m6fvgpt5i22kDo I see a tiny uptick in the TSX? Has the inexorable decline stopped, or is it just a wobble on the path to mass extinction? Www.tsx.org.au [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Nov 2025 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:yinx42ymobowaurtpl5stl2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6fvgpt5i22khttps://bsky.app/profile/hugepossum.bsky.social/post/3m6fvcxfe6s2kAnd this morning there was Peregrine Falcon at uni footbridge, Black Cockies are about, two Night Heron behind zoo [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Nov 2025 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:yinx42ymobowaurtpl5stl2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6fvcxfe6s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/hugepossum.bsky.social/post/3m6dfjxt3k22iFor those who love plants, many groups have been restoring the vegetation of the Adelaide Plains, once harbouring 750 species! Head east along the river towards the St Peter’s billabong. Some things in flower: Linum marginale, Goodenia amplexans (strong smell) and Malva #ESA202523 Nov 2025 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:yinx42ymobowaurtpl5stl2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6dfjxt3k22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/hugepossum.bsky.social/post/3m6bctk7zkk2vWe donate $25,000 a year to Nature Glenelg Trust. They do remarkable on-ground work for biodiversity in the places that we love #ESA2025. Eaglehawk waterhole, an NGT property, south of Bordertown, probably has South Australia’s best woodland bird diversity. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Nov 2025 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:yinx42ymobowaurtpl5stl2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6bctk7zkk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/hugepossum.bsky.social/post/3m6bcjm3zs22vLooking for a nice bird, flower, Rakali, reptile, frog walk at #ESA2025 this week - head to the St Peter’s billabong @ecolsocaus.bsky.social - darter, water skink, c30 bird species, and lots of native plants. Little grassbird and reed warbler nesting.23 Nov 2025 02:51 +0000at://did:plc:yinx42ymobowaurtpl5stl2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6bcjm3zs22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/hugepossum.bsky.social/post/3m3dtv7recc2oYet another Australian extinction - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2025/oct/11/and-then-there-were-none-australias-only-shrew-declared-extinct. Ironically the federal government is still allowing the destruction of the habitat for nationally listed threatened species - species such as the Eyre Peninsula southern emuwren and koala #biodiversity #murraywatt16 Oct 2025 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:yinx42ymobowaurtpl5stl2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3dtv7recc2o